Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecherwas an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth24 June 1813
CountryUnited States of America
mean men giving
I have great hope of a wicked man, slender hope of a mean one. A wicked man may be converted and become a prominent saint. A mean man ought to be converted six or seven times, one right after the other, to give him a fair start and put him on an equality with a bold, wicked man.
men criticism faults
No man can tell another his faults so as to benefit him, unless he loves him.
weed flower gossip
He who hunts for flowers will finds flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds.
men joy world
Men are not put into this world to be everlastingly played on by the harping fingers of joy.
men easy break
Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick.
jesus needs christ
Where human life needs most sympathy, where usually it is the most barren, there it is that Christ is more likely to be found than anywhere else.
eye men civilization
That which men suppose the imagination to be, and to do, is often frivolous enough and mischievous enough; but that which God meant it to be in the mental economy is not merely noble, but supereminent. It is the distinguishing element in all refinement. It is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith. The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.
men defeat bones
It is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible.
law long soul
Liberty is the soul's right to breathe and, when it cannot take a long breath, laws are girdled too tight.
summer memories flower
Memory can glean, but can never renew. It brings us joys faint as is the perfume of the flowers, faded and dried, of the summer that is gone.
fashion block character
The little troubles and worries of life may be as stumbling blocks in our way, or we may make them stepping-stones to a nobler character and to Heaven. Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
men worry rust
It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade.
sunday looks wipe
There are many persons who look on Sunday as a sponge to wipe out the sins of the week
blood skins next
A good digestion is as truly obligatory as a good conscience; pure blood is as truly a part of mankind as a pure faith; and a well ordered skin is the first condition of that cleanliness which is next to Godliness.